Comet SWAN: How to see the brightest comet of the year from the UK this week

mirror.co.uk:

If you look to the skies this week, you may notice a mysterious bright light above you. But before you worry about an alien invasion, thankfully there’s a simple explanation - it’s a comet!

The comet, called Comet C/2002 F8/2020 (SWAN) will be visible from the UK until mid-June, and is believed to be the brightest comet we’ll see in 2020.

Comet SWAN was first discovered in late March in images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory satellite. The Royal Astronomical Society explained: “Comets are objects made up of rock and ices - and can be anything from the size of mountains to as big as the Isle of Wight. “For most of their orbits, comets are far away from the sun, traveling through the cold of space, and they are dormant.